Why do we play Maplestory?

The answer is pretty simple.. Maplestory has no competition. So really, atleast for me, they can throw as much bullsh'it they want but there really is nowhere else for me to go. There is a severe lacking of 2d MMORPG sidescrollers, and not many games are as inviting as Maplestory. For example I took for granted Maplestory's chat. When I look at other games none of them have the same level of social interaction.